Publications
Articles, abstracts, and posters covering our viral targets.
SARS-CoV-2
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2023
17th Vaccine Congress 2023Unconjugated Peptide Vaccine Comprising Conserved Epitopes from Both SARS-CoV-2 and Influenza Virus Generates Durable and Broadly Reactive Antibodies to Multiple Coronavirus and Influenza Virus Strains
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2021
Infectious Diseases Society of AmericaVariation in SARS-CoV-2 bioaerosol production in exhaled breath
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2021
MedRxivSARS-CoV-2 subgenomic RNA kinetics in longitudinal 1 clinical samples
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2021
Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic InvestigationInterlaboratory comparison of SARS-CoV2 molecular detection assays in use by U.S. veterinary diagnostic laboratories
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2021
Nature PortfolioNovel molecular transport medium used in combination with Xpert MTB/RIF ultra provides rapid detection of Mycobacterium bovis in African buffaloes
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2021
American Association for Clinical ChemistryRapid and Safe Detection of SARS-CoV-2 and Influenza Virus RNA Using Onsite Quantitative PCR Diagnostic Testing From Clinical Specimens Collected in Molecular Transport Medium
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2021
American Society for MicrobiologyWhole-Genome Sequences of SARS-CoV-2 Lineage B.1.525 Strains (Variant η) Detected from Patients in the Abruzzo Region (Central Italy) during Spring 2021
Oral TB Screening
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2019
NRF | RISADetection by RT-PCR of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from Oral Swab Specimens using PrimeStore® Molecular Transport Medium. ECCMID 2019
Influenza/HIV
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2012-2014
The Journal of Infectious DiseasesInfluenza Viral Shedding in a Prospective Cohort of HIV-Infected and Uninfected Children and Adults in 2 Provinces of South Africa
Nepal Maternal/ Child Influenza Study
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2019
The Journal of Infectious DiseasesInfant Pneumococcal Carriage During Influenza, RSV, and hMPV Respiratory Illness Within a Maternal Influenza Immunization Trial J. of Inf. Disease
PrimeStore MTM General
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2023
International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (IJTLD)
Use of stool swabs in molecular transport media increases access to Xpert Ultra testing for TB in children -
2010
Cambridge University PressA Clinical Specimen Collection and Transport Medium for Molecular Diagnostic and Genomic Applications
Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses
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2016
The LancetAetiology of Childhood Pneumoniia in a Well Vaccinated South African Birth Cohort: A Nested Case-Control Study of the Drakenstein Child Health Study
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2014
ElsevierComparison of a New Transport Medium with Universal Transport Medium at a Tropical Field Site
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2012-2014
Sensitivity and Specificity of Rapid Tests vs. PCRDetection of Respiratory Syncytial (RSV) and Influenza Viruses in Children with WHO Defined Pneumonia and Controls from Oshikhandass Village
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2008
The Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS)Quantitation of Influenza A Virus From Nasal and Lung Tissue of Cotton Rats Using Real-Time RT-PCR and Culture
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2008
The Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS)Detection of Influenza A Virus in Asymptomatic Culture-Negative Cotton Rats
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2010
AAVLD Annual Conference ProceedingsEffect of Swab Type, Collection Media, and Storage on the Detection of Influenza a Virus in Porcine Nasal Secretions
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2010
European Society for Pediatric Infectious DiseasesDevelopment of a Real Time Reverse- Transcription PCR (RRT-PCR) Assay for Detection of Influenza a H1N1 2009 From Clinical Respiratory Specimens
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2009
The Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS)Symptomatology of Family Contacts of Influenza Positive and Negative Patients During Influenza Season
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2011
Federation of Infectious Diseases Societies of Southern AfricaMicrobial Aetiology of Community Acquired Pneumonia at a Tertiary Hospital
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2008
IDSA/ICAACReal-Time RT-PCR Detection of Influenza Virus Within Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Family Members
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2008
The 3rd European Conference of InfluenzaDetection and Molecular Characterization of Clinical Influenza A and B Viruses from Original Nasal Wash Specimens Preserved in PrimeStore® MTM
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2009
The 27th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Infectious DiseasesGenetic Analysis of Influenza A (H3N2) Viruses from Index Patients and Family Contacts
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2009
The 25th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious DiseasesRapid Characterization of the Influenza A (H3N2) Hemagglutinin, Neuraminidase, and Matrix (HA, NA, MA) Genes Using Next-Generation Sequencing
Tuberculosis
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2013
16th International Congress on Infectious DiseasesMicrobiology of the Nasopharynx in Children Hospitalized with Suspected Pulmonary Tuberculosis
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2015
Journal of Microbiological MethodsLaboratory Evaluation of a Specimen Transport Medium for Downstream Molecular Processing of Sputum Samples to Detect Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
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2015
Int J Tuberc Lung DisMolecular Detection of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis From Sputum Transported in PrimeStore® from Rural Settings
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2015
Journal of Clinical MicrobiologyImproved Detection by Next-Generation Sequencing of Pyrazinamide Resistance in Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Isolates
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2012
National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD)Analysis of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis MDR/XDR Genes Using Next-Generation Ion Torrent Sequencing from Genetically Diverse South African Clinical Isolates. Keystone Symposium Drug Resistance and Persistence in Tuberculosis
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2013
American Society for MicrobiologyNext-Generation Ion Torrent Sequencing of Pyrazinamide Resistance in MDR/XDR South African Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Strains. American Society for Microbiology
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2013
Epidemiol InfectShort Report: Characterization of Multi-Drug Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis from Immigrants Residing in the USA Using Ion Torrent Full-Gene Sequencing
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2016
ICID HyderabadReal-time PCR of Whole Blood Specimens Transported in PrimeStore® MTM to Detect and Monitor MTB Bactermia
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2014
Int J Tuberc Lung DisA Molecular Transport Medium for Collection, Inactivation, Transport, and Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
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2016
Tropical Medicine and International HealthField Evaluation of a Novel Preservation Medium to Transport Sputum Specimens for Molecular Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a Rural African Setting
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2016
Int J Tuberc Lung DisXpert MTB/RIF Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from Sputum Collected in Molecular Transport Medium
HIV
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2014
African Society for Laboratory MedicineCan Dried Blood Spots or Whole Blood Liquid Transport Media Extend Access to HIV Viral Load Testing?
Vaccines
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2023
VaccinesUnconjugated Multi-Epitope Peptides Adjuvanted with ALFQ Induce Durable and Broadly Reactive Antibodies to Human and Avian Influenza Viruses
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2021
VaccinesConserved Influenza Hemagglutinin, Neuraminidase and Matrix Peptides Adjuvanted with ALFQ Induce Broadly Neutralizing Antibodies